http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:27:05 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1258 Press Release issued 9/27/11 Council passes initiative to provide high-speed Internet access and technology skills training to low-income students The Great Student Initiative will help educate and prepare Seattle students SEATTLE – The City Council voted unanimously on Monday to approve the Great Student Initiative (Resolution 31328). Legislated by Councilmember Bruce Harrell, the Great Student [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:49:19 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1142 Media Advisory issued May 3, 2011 Technology partnerships key focus for low-income students SEATTLE — On Wednesday, May 4, Councilmember Bruce Harrell will introduce legislation launching the Great Student Initiative, a City of Seattle effort to establish partnerships with technology companies and financial institutions to provide Internet access to the most vulnerable students in the [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:32:14 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1148 I am pleased to introduce the Great Student Initiative, a new partnership program with information, communication and technology companies, and financial institutions to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access, hardware and software for low-income students in the Seattle Public Schools, and creating a steering committee to advance the goals of the initiative. In the last 18 [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/03/seattle-community-roundtable-stands-up-for-education/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/03/seattle-community-roundtable-stands-up-for-education/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:43:21 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=632 On March 22, 2010, the Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Community Roundtable members agreed to send an advocacy letter to Governor Chris Gregoire expressing strong support for E2SHB 3026 which deals with the civil rights of students in public schools. I volunteered to draft the letter, which was eventually signed by Roundtable members, making it [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/03/seattle-community-roundtable-stands-up-for-education/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/08/seattle-city-council-syep/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2009/08/seattle-city-council-syep/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:13:12 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=309 At a recent Energy and Technology Committee meeting, I asked Seattle Youth Employment Program participants Tracelyn Moore, Hodan Dahir Hassan, Karen Wong, and Vincent Nguyen, to join the discussion at the Energy and Technology Committee at Council Chambers. We acknowledged each young man and woman for participating in the internship program at the City’s Legislative [...]

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